I came into the office early today.  Not a bad view for Manhattan:

On the way back from the Newark Airport, I stopped to check out the Kingland Impoundment, a wetlands in New Jersey that hosts the Meadowlands Environment Center:

NYC in the distance:

Walking the Marsh Discovery Trail:

On-site observatory:

Our butterfly bush is like a watering hole, attracting butterflies and their predators:

Scary stuff.

I drove home today:

Another amazing summer trip!  Highlights were five first-time states flown, the solar car race, and lots of amazing mountain biking.  See you next summer!

See the trip map for today’s drive.

After a pleasant Shabbos, this morning I packed up and headed out of the Killpecker Dunes.  On the way, I was ambushed by this wild horse:

I dumped and filled in Rock Springs, Wyoming, then drove south towards the Flaming Gorge Reservoir:

Here’s my dispersed camping location on the shore of the reservoir:

Sunset on the reservoir:

See the trip map for today’s drive.